Families in the USA

The latest US Census (2000) lists 1045 Lohmeyer and 480 Lohmeiers. A search of internet phonebooks found exactly 1550 listings (as at 23 June 2010) with 'Lohmeyer' about twice as common (1041) as 'Lohmeier' (509). Both names are pretty rare in the US. Even together, they only rank about 17,000th in the most popular surnames list. The Bavarian variants of Lohmayer and Lohmaier are even rarer. On average, there are roughly 5 Lohmeyers & Lohmeiers per million Americans, although in Nebraska you will find on average 32.3 family members per million.

The distribution of families between states gives an indication of where the different branches of the family have settled over time. The maps below show the incidence per million inhabitants in each state as well as the absolute number of listings for both name variants.